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Postby TTHsieh » Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:17 pm

Code: Select all
 . . 3 | . . . | 7 . .
 . 4 . | . . . | . 2 .
 9 . . | . 1 . | . . 6
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 . . . | 5 . 7 | . . .
 . . 5 | . . . | 8 . .
 . . . | 3 . 8 | . . .
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 2 . . | . 9 . | . . 4
 . 6 . | . . . | . 9 .
 . . 7 | . . . | 3 . .   ER=9.0


Code: Select all
 . . 3 | . . . | 7 . .
 . 4 . | . . . | . 5 .
 7 . . | . 2 . | . . 6
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 . . . | 1 . 5 | . . .
 . . 6 | . . . | 8 . .
 . . . | 9 . 4 | . . .
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 8 . . | . 7 . | . . 2
 . 9 . | . . . | . 1 .
 . . 2 | . . . | 6 . .   ER=9.6


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Postby JPF » Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:02 pm

Code: Select all
 . . 1 | . . . | 2 . .
 . 3 . | . . . | . 4 .
 5 . . | . 6 . | . . 7
-------+-------+-------
 . . . | 3 . 4 | . . .
 . . 5 | . . . | 4 . .
 . . . | 7 . 8 | . . .
-------+-------+-------
 7 . . | . 2 . | . . 5
 . 8 . | . . . | . 3 .
 . . 4 | . . . | 1 . .     ER=2.8


Code: Select all
 . . 1 | . . . | 2 . .
 . 2 . | . . . | . 3 .
 4 . . | . 5 . | . . 6
-------+-------+-------
 . . . | 5 . 2 | . . .
 . . 4 | . . . | 7 . .
 . . . | 6 . 8 | . . .
-------+-------+-------
 5 . . | . 6 . | . . 4
 . 6 . | . . . | . 1 .
 . . 8 | . . . | 3 . .     ER=4.2


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Postby tarek » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:23 am

Nice game, I haven't seen a 6.7, so I think this one could be unique without checking for duplicates

Code: Select all
 . . 6 | . . . | 3 . . 
 . 5 . | . . . | . 1 . 
 4 . . | . 3 . | . . 8 
-------+-------+------
 . . . | 7 . 1 | . . . 
 . . 9 | . . . | 4 . . 
 . . . | 5 . 2 | . . . 
-------+-------+------
 3 . . | . 8 . | . . 6 
 . 1 . | . . . | . 2 . 
 . . 4 | . . . | 9 . .      ER=6.7


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Postby TTHsieh » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:53 am

Code: Select all
 . . 3 | . . . | 7 . .
 . 4 . | . . . | . 1 .
 8 . . | . 2 . | . . 6
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 . . . | 1 . 9 | . . .
 . . 6 | . . . | 3 . .
 . . . | 5 . 4 | . . .
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 2 . . | . 7 . | . . 8
 . 1 . | . . . | . 5 .
 . . 7 | . . . | 6 . .   ER=7.5


Code: Select all
 . . 3 | . . . | 7 . .
 . 4 . | . . . | . 5 .
 6 . . | . 2 . | . . 3
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 . . . | 5 . 4 | . . .
 . . 1 | . . . | 8 . .
 . . . | 9 . 7 | . . .
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 5 . . | . 3 . | . . 2
 . 7 . | . . . | . 9 .
 . . 6 | . . . | 1 . .   ER=8.5


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Postby JPF » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:09 am

Welcome back, tarek ; ER=6.7 is OK:)

2 puzzles :

Code: Select all
 . . 1 | . . . | 2 . .
 . 3 . | . . . | . 4 .
 5 . . | . 6 . | . . 7
-------+-------+-------
 . . . | 8 . 2 | . . .
 . . 8 | . . . | 9 . .
 . . . | 1 . 9 | . . .
-------+-------+-------
 6 . . | . 3 . | . . 4
 . 7 . | . . . | . 5 .
 . . 2 | . . . | 1 . .      ER=9.1


Code: Select all
 . . 1 | . . . | 2 . .
 . 3 . | . . . | . 4 .
 4 . . | . 5 . | . . 6
-------+-------+-------
 . . . | 7 . 2 | . . .
 . . 7 | . . . | 8 . .
 . . . | 1 . 8 | . . .
-------+-------+-------
 5 . . | . 9 . | . . 3
 . 6 . | . . . | . 9 .
 . . 2 | . . . | 1 . .      ER=9.2


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Postby Mauricio » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:21 am

tarek wrote:Nice game, I haven't seen a 6.7, so I think this one could be unique without checking for duplicates


Not so unique, 3 more 6.7's. The funny thing is that if you rate them with the jar file, it shows 6.6999999999.
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001000200020000030400050006000204000007000600000308000600040005030000040005000800
001000200020000030400050006000204000007000600000803000600040005030000040005000800
001000200030000040400020005000206000003000700000305000500010008020000090007000300


2 ratings not yet posted (I think).
Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 1 | . . . | 2 . . |
| . 2 . | . . . | . 3 . |
| 4 . . | . 1 . | . . 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | 2 . 4 | . . . |
| . . 6 | . . . | 5 . . |
| . . . | 3 . 7 | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 . . | . 9 . | . . 6 |
| . 7 . | . . . | . 4 . |
| . . 5 | . . . | 8 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+     ER 2.5
Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 1 | . . . | 2 . . |
| . 2 . | . . . | . 3 . |
| 4 . . | . 5 . | . . 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | 2 . 5 | . . . |
| . . 7 | . . . | 4 . . |
| . . . | 6 . 8 | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 . . | . 6 . | . . 9 |
| . 6 . | . . . | . 8 . |
| . . 3 | . . . | 1 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+    ER 2.3
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Postby JPF » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:43 am

thanks Mauricio . I can post these 2 new ratings :

Code: Select all
 . . 1 | . . . | 2 . .
 . 3 . | . . . | . 1 .
 4 . . | . 5 . | . . 6
-------+-------+-------
 . . . | 2 . 7 | . . .
 . . 2 | . . . | 7 . .
 . . . | 4 . 8 | . . .
-------+-------+-------
 6 . . | . 1 . | . . 4
 . 2 . | . . . | . 8 .
 . . 7 | . . . | 9 . .      ER=4.5


Code: Select all
 . . 1 | . . . | 2 . .
 . 3 . | . . . | . 4 .
 5 . . | . 6 . | . . 7
-------+-------+-------
 . . . | 8 . 1 | . . .
 . . 7 | . . . | 1 . .
 . . . | 4 . 3 | . . .
-------+-------+-------
 8 . . | . 2 . | . . 3
 . 4 . | . . . | . 1 .
 . . 2 | . . . | 7 . .     ER=4.6

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Postby Mauricio » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:02 am

Some quick replies! I can now post this 2 buggy puzzles:
Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 1 | . . . | 2 . . |
| . 3 . | . . . | . 4 . |
| 5 . . | . 1 . | . . 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | 2 . 4 | . . . |
| . . 2 | . . . | 4 . . |
| . . . | 3 . 7 | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 . . | . 5 . | . . 3 |
| . 6 . | . . . | . 7 . |
| . . 4 | . . . | 5 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+   ER 5.6
Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 1 | . . . | 2 . . |
| . 3 . | . . . | . 4 . |
| 2 . . | . 4 . | . . 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | 1 . 6 | . . . |
| . . 7 | . . . | 1 . . |
| . . . | 8 . 4 | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 . . | . 5 . | . . 3 |
| . 6 . | . . . | . 1 . |
| . . 8 | . . . | 7 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+    ER 5.8
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Postby JPF » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:13 am

I drop this one :

Code: Select all
 . . 1 | . . . | 2 . .
 . 3 . | . . . | . 4 .
 5 . . | . 6 . | . . 7
-------+-------+-------
 . . . | 6 . 3 | . . .
 . . 4 | . . . | 8 . .
 . . . | 1 . 7 | . . .
-------+-------+-------
 6 . . | . 7 . | . . 5
 . 7 . | . . . | . 9 .
 . . 8 | . . . | 1 . .     ER=4.4


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Postby Mauricio » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:28 am

Well, it seems that I have some free time:
Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 1 | . . . | 2 . . |
| . 2 . | . . . | . 3 . |
| 4 . . | . 5 . | . . 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | 2 . 4 | . . . |
| . . 7 | . . . | 1 . . |
| . . . | 8 . 3 | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 . . | . 9 . | . . 4 |
| . 3 . | . . . | . 2 . |
| . . 5 | . . . | 8 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+    ER 3.2
Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 1 | . . . | 2 . . |
| . 3 . | . . . | . 4 . |
| 2 . . | . 3 . | . . 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | 2 . 6 | . . . |
| . . 5 | . . . | 7 . . |
| . . . | 3 . 4 | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 . . | . 2 . | . . 3 |
| . 6 . | . . . | . 8 . |
| . . 7 | . . . | 1 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+    ER 5.7
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Postby TTHsieh » Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:05 am

Code: Select all
 . . 3 | . . . | 7 . .
 . 4 . | . . . | . 1 .
 7 . . | . 8 . | . . 2
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 . . . | 1 . 4 | . . .
 . . 6 | . . . | 2 . .
 . . . | 5 . 9 | . . .
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 8 . . | . 3 . | . . 6
 . 9 . | . . . | . 5 .
 . . 2 | . . . | 3 . .   ER=8.3


Code: Select all
 . . 3 | . . . | 7 . .
 . 5 . | . . . | . 1 .
 9 . . | . 1 . | . . 2
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 . . . | 1 . 4 | . . .
 . . 8 | . . . | 3 . .
 . . . | 9 . 5 | . . .
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 3 . . | . 7 . | . . 6
 . 1 . | . . . | . 9 .
 . . 6 | . . . | 5 . .   ER=6.8


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Postby JPF » Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:37 am

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Last edited by JPF on Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Postby Mauricio » Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:44 am

Yet more
Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 1 | . . . | 2 . . |
| . 2 . | . . . | . 3 . |
| 4 . . | . 5 . | . . 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | 2 . 7 | . . . |
| . . 4 | . . . | 6 . . |
| . . . | 3 . 8 | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 . . | . 1 . | . . 4 |
| . 3 . | . . . | . 2 . |
| . . 6 | . . . | 9 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+   ER 8.9
Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 1 | . . . | 2 . . |
| . 2 . | . . . | . 1 . |
| 3 . . | . 4 . | . . 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | 3 . 5 | . . . |
| . . 6 | . . . | 7 . . |
| . . . | 4 . 8 | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 . . | . 8 . | . . 3 |
| . 1 . | . . . | . 9 . |
| . . 7 | . . . | 6 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+   ER 9.3
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Postby ravel » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:48 am

Wow, after being off one day, my chances for finding any new ratings are gone.

Interesting for me is, that the hardest puzzle is almost symmetrical with the digits:
1-4, 2-7, 5-9, 6-8 with the only exception being a 3-6

Code: Select all
 . . 3 | . . . | 7 . .
 . 4 . | . . . | . 5 .
 7 . . | . 2 . | . . 6
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 . . . | 1 . 5 | . . .
 . . 6 | . . . | 8 . .
 . . . | 9 . 4 | . . .
 - - - + - - - + - - -
 8 . . | . 7 . | . . 2
 . 9 . | . . . | . 1 .
 . . 2 | . . . | 6 . . TTHsieh ER 9.6
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Postby ronk » Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:07 am

ravel wrote:Interesting for me is, that the hardest puzzle is almost symmetrical with the digits:
1-4, 2-7, 5-9, 6-8 with the only exception being a 3-6

Yes, interesting, but what prompted you to consider that? Did it just pop out at you, or is it something you normally look for?
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